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George Morland: His Life and Works
Sir Walter Gilbey; E.D. Cuming
1907
Adam and Charles Black : London
9" by 6.5"
xix, 290, [2]pp.
SUMMARY
A handsomely bound, first edition of this colourfully illustrated biography of artist George Morland, from a limited edition publication and signed by the author.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Limited Edition,Rebound,Signed
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 4 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
A fascinating and comprehensive biography of eighteenth-century English artist George Morland. Heavily influenced by Francis Wheatley, Morland's paintings feature rustic scenes, farms, and hunting.
Written by Sir Walter Gilbey and E.D. Cuming.
The first edition of this work.
Number one out of two-hundred-and-fifty from a limited edition publication, signed by Gilbey to the limitations page.
Containing fifty charming illustrated plates in full colour, collated and complete.
Previously housed at the Stockport Public Library, with library stamps to the odd page (see condition report for more detail).
CONDITION
Handsomely rebound in quarter cloth with the original cloth binding laid down tot the boards. Externally, smart, with some fading, shelf wear, and some marks to the cloth on the boards. Library stamps to the half title page, frontispiece, title page, verso of the title page, page v, vii, ix, and to each plate. Internally, plate opposite page 72 is detached but present, otherwise volume is firmly bound. Pages contain some handling marks and spots, particularly to the tops of the pages, otherwise pages are generally bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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